Calorie counter app

A calorie counter that covers the whole day

Log food from a photo, a sentence or a barcode, then track calories and macros alongside weight, steps, water and fasting — on one screen, on your phone, for free.

LoggingFour ways in

Photo, description, barcode, or a saved favourite.

TrackingSix daily metrics

Calories, macros, weight, steps, fasting and water.

PriceFree to use

No locked features and no trial countdown.

Best for

A clearer download fit.

  • You want one app for the whole day, not a calorie counter plus three others for weight, steps and water.
  • You have abandoned a tracker before because logging every meal by hand got tedious.
  • You would rather your food diary sat on your phone than in someone else’s database.
  • You are not willing to pay a subscription before finding out whether the habit sticks.
Why this app

Why this app earns the install.

The honest question before any download is what this does better than what you already have. Here is the answer, without the marketing detour.

01

Logging that does not depend on a food database

Most counters make you search a list for everything you eat. Here you can photograph the plate, describe it in a sentence, or scan a barcode — and the database search is the fallback, not the whole experience.

02

The estimate arrives itemised, not as one number

A photo comes back split into ingredients with individual calories and macros, plus a stated confidence level. You can adjust any portion or overwrite the totals before saving. Nothing is hidden behind a single figure you have to accept.

03

Calories are only part of the day

Weight with progress photos, eleven body measurement sites, steps from Apple Health or Health Connect, water and an intermittent fasting timer all live in the same app, on the same home screen.

04

It works with no signal, and it costs nothing

Your log lives on your phone, so a plane or a basement gym changes nothing. There is no subscription to use it and no locked features, and you can export the whole thing as a backup file whenever you like.

What you get

The day on one screen, and everything behind it.

Six cards cover the day — calories, macros, weight, steps, fasting and water — and each opens into its own history. Underneath them, a single timeline holds the meals, drinks and weigh-ins you logged, in the order they happened.

Calorie Calculator dashboard showing calories, macros, weight, steps, fasting and water cards
CaloriesEaten against your goal, as a ring you can read in a glance.
MacrosProtein, carbs and fat with their own targets and bars.
WeightLatest weigh-in, your goal, and the trend behind it.
StepsFrom Apple Health or Health Connect, or entered by hand.
FastingA running fast with a goal window and time left.
WaterLitres so far, percent of goal, one tap per glass.

Photo logging with AI

Photograph the plate. The app returns the dish split into ingredients, each with calories and macros, plus a confidence note telling you how much to trust it. Every line is editable, and portions adjust with plus and minus.

  • Ingredient breakdown
  • Confidence shown
  • Fully editable

Describe it in words

No photo to hand? Type "2 slices of pepperoni pizza" and get an estimate. Adding portion sizes and preparation details sharpens it.

  • Plain language
  • No search needed

Barcode scanning

Scan a packet and pull its nutrition from the Open Food Facts database. Results are cached on the device, so a product you have scanned before still resolves with no signal.

  • Open Food Facts
  • Cached offline

Favourites and manual entry

Save the meals you eat every week and re-log them in a tap, or type the numbers yourself when you already know them.

  • One-tap re-log
  • Manual totals
How it works

Three steps, still light.

Tracking only pays if it survives a bad week, so the daily loop is deliberately short.

Step 01
Log it however is fastest
Photograph the plate, describe it in a sentence, scan the barcode, or re-log a favourite. The app takes all four.
Step 02
Check the breakdown
The estimate comes back split into ingredients with a stated confidence level. Adjust any portion, or type the totals in yourself.
Step 03
Watch the week build
Saved meals join the day’s timeline and roll into a history screen you can read across a week, a month or a year.
Best fit

Pick the right app angle.

No app suits everyone. Here is where this one fits, and where it does not.

01
Best if you value speed over a scanned-in gram-perfect diary

The AI gives you a good estimate in seconds and tells you how confident it is. If your standard is weighing every ingredient on a scale, that route is still here through manual entry — but it is not what the app optimises for.

02
Best if you want the whole picture in one place

Calories alone rarely explain a stalled week. Weight, steps, water and fasting sitting next to them usually do.

03
Not built around streaks and nagging

There is no shame mechanic and no confetti. Log what you log, look at the trend, adjust. If you want an app that pushes you daily, this is not that app.

FAQ

Common questions.

What should a good calorie counter app do?

Make logging fast enough that you still do it on a bad day, be honest about how accurate its estimates are, and show you the trend rather than just today. Everything else is decoration.

Does it work for weight loss and for maintenance?

Both. You set a daily calorie and macro goal — worked out from your profile, or entered yourself — and the app tracks against it. For planning that goal, the site has free TDEE and calorie-deficit calculators.

Is the app available for iPhone and Android?

Yes, on both, through the App Store and Google Play.

Can I track macros too?

Yes. Protein, carbs and fat each get their own daily target and progress bar, and every logged food carries its macro split.

What else does it track besides food?

Weight with front, side and back progress photos, eleven body measurement sites, steps read from Apple Health or Health Connect, water, and intermittent fasting with a live timer.

Does it need an account?

No. Everything works without one. An account is optional and exists only so your data can follow you to a new phone.